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- Joined
- Nov 12, 2001
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- Location
- San Diego, CA
- Corvette
- 1992 Convt w/hard top; 2004 Z06 Z16; 1962 327/300
Ok, so my vette is randomly shutting down on me.
In the last 2 days, it has quit on me 2 times, and tried a third. What happened when is when I have come to a stop, the idle drops past the idle point, gets rough, and then dies. I have tried feathering the throttle, but to no avail. Today on the way home, I gave it some throttle after slowing in traffic, and noticed nothing was happening. I down shifted 6-5, then 5-4, and kept the engine spinning, and then after about 10-20 seconds, it powered up again and it was ok the rest of the way home. A friend following me said he saw a puff of black smoke come out the pipes when it did this.
Ok...I am accepting guesses.
Could it be a cat backing up?
Idle control malfunction (though happening while in gear makes it a real long shot)
I have a bad wire to the coolant temp sensor, but don't really think they are related.
ummmm..
Thanks.
Mike
(92, 6spd, 60K miles)
In the last 2 days, it has quit on me 2 times, and tried a third. What happened when is when I have come to a stop, the idle drops past the idle point, gets rough, and then dies. I have tried feathering the throttle, but to no avail. Today on the way home, I gave it some throttle after slowing in traffic, and noticed nothing was happening. I down shifted 6-5, then 5-4, and kept the engine spinning, and then after about 10-20 seconds, it powered up again and it was ok the rest of the way home. A friend following me said he saw a puff of black smoke come out the pipes when it did this.
Ok...I am accepting guesses.
Could it be a cat backing up?
Idle control malfunction (though happening while in gear makes it a real long shot)
I have a bad wire to the coolant temp sensor, but don't really think they are related.
ummmm..
Thanks.
Mike
(92, 6spd, 60K miles)